“Buñuel y arte” with Javier Espada & Reception

In collaboration with The Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale (LIFFY) 

November 7: Film Screening of Javier Espada’s documentary, Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker and Q & A with Javier Espada, 53 Wall Street Auditorium, 5:00pm

Film is in the original language with English subtitles. The Q&A is bilingual.

November 8: Lecture by Javier Espada, “Buñuel y arte” (in Spanish) followed by a reception. In HQ 107, 4:30pm

About Javier Espada

Javier Espada was born in Calanda, Spain and he designed the contents of the permanent exhibition of the Buñuel de Calanda Center (CBC), a museum dedicated to the Aragonese filmmaker Luis Buñuel. He was head of the Center since its creation in 2000 until 2016. He has created the International Film Festival conceived as a film tribute to Luis Buñuel in his homeland, and has directed it for 10 editions. He has also participated, since its creation, in the Zaragoza Ecozine Festival, supporting the environmental commitment through the capacity of diffusion and awareness of cinema, both fiction and documentary. He has curated multiple exhibitions related to Buñuel and cinema, and is a widely respected filmmaker focused on surrealism. (taken from the  Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications)

Event time: 
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 4:30pm
Location: 
Humanities Quadrangle (HQ), Room 107 See map
320 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511